News Peter Gutwein said he would be seeking the advice of the local Hazara community Hobart’s Hazara community will help determine whether the city hosts a men’s cricket Test between Australia and Afghanistan. The first ever Test involving the two nations, originally slated for 2020 but delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic, is scheduled to start on November 27. The match looms as a key Ashes tune-up for Tim Paine’s…
Report Tallawahs slumped to 15 for 5 and despite a recovery Lendl Simmons’ 70 ensured a comfortable chase Trinbago Knight Riders 145 for 3 (Simmons 70) beat Jamaica Tallawahs 144 for 7 (Brathwaite 58, Imad 42) by seven wickets Left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein and right-arm pace bowler Ravi Rampaul combined to wreak havoc with the new ball, reducing Jamaica Tallawahs to 15 for 5 after the Powerplay as Trinbago Knight…
News Seamer says England will aim to “tick it off slowly” in pursuit of their highest successful chase Haseeb Hameed and Rory Burns punch gloves after an unbeaten 77-run stand on day four Chris Woakes has insisted England can create history on the final day of the fourth LV= Insurance Test against India at the Kia Oval. England were set 368 to win, a total they have never successfully…
News Rathour says if Rahane has any technical issues, they shouldn’t be discussed mid-series or mid-game Shardul Thakur has scored 117 runs in the fourth Test with his twin fifties. That is eight more than India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane has aggregated across seven innings in this series so far with a solitary half-century. Since the start of 2020, Rahane is averaging 24.76 in Tests, which is the lowest among the…
Report Saqib Mahmood to be assessed after leaving field with apparent side problem Lancashire28 for 2 trail Nottinghamshire 272 (Northeast 65, Duckett 59, Clarke 54, Bailey 4-48, Lamb 4-60) by 244 runs When he opened Nottingham’s Arboretum in 1852, the city’s mayor, William Felkin, decided to get his front leg out of the way and clear the rope. “All society around them can mix together in harmony, good feeling, self-respect…
Report Michael Jones makes 81 as home side amass position of strength going into second day Durham 223 for 3 (Jones 81, Lees 55) lead Glamorgan 97 (Coughlin 4-11) by 126 runs Durham enjoyed an outstanding first day of their LV= Insurance County Championship clash against Glamorgan, bowling the visitors out for 97 before ending the evening session with a lead of 126 at Emirates Riverside. The two sides locked…
Play 02:54 Laxman: Time to give Rahane a break England 290 and 77 for 0 (Hameed 43*, Burns 31*) need 291 more runs to beat India 191 and 466 (Rohit 127, Pujara 61, Thakur 60, Pant 50, Woakes 3-83) Shardul Thakur and Rishabh Pant‘s half-centuries frustrated England and left them needing to complete their highest-ever run chase to take a 2-1 lead in the series, but an unbroken 77-run opening…
Report Teenager named Player of the Match for unbeaten 40 off 26 as Diamonds come up short South East Stars 139 for 5 (Capsey 40*) beat Northern Diamonds 138 for 4 (Armitage 59*) by five wickets Alice Capsey shrugged off a mid-innings collapse to smash 40 off 26 balls and hand South East Stars the inaugural Charlotte Edwards Cup with a five-wicket victory over Northern Diamonds. The 17-year-old Capsey, a…
Yorkshire 159 for 5 (Brook 79*) lead Somerset 134 (Fisher 5-41) by 25 runs “Don’t feed the gulls!” urged the sign, a little weather-beaten now, on the landscaped paths above the glinting waters of Scarborough’s North Bay. Somerset’s batters have been feeding the gulls for much of the past week, hoards of hungry seamers descending upon them as they edge deliveries at catchable height as if tossing chips carelessly into…
Mushfiqur Rahim has informed the Bangladesh team management that he will no longer keep wicket in T20Is, according to head coach Russell Domingo. Mushfiqur didn’t keep wicket in the third T20I against New Zealand, although it was declared before the series that he would split wicketkeeping duties with Nurul Hasan in the first four games. Although Mushfiqur hasn’t spoken about the matter since Domingo’s announcement two days before the first…